How to Write Funny
Your Serious, StepByStep Blueprint For Creating Incredibly, Irresistibly, Successfully Hilarious Writing
by Scott Dikkers
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The definitive comedywriting handbook from one of the genre's most celebrated writers, this easytofollow guide lays out a clear system for creating humor that gets big, milkcomingoutofyournose laughs, reliably and repeatably. You'll learn... the three surefire ways to generate material the 11 kinds of jokes and how to tell them the secret ...
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